Assassination Classroom , the popular manga about a group of students whose assignment is to kill their alien teacher, is set to hit the airwaves January 9. In anticipation, a preview video that reveals some new footage from the series hit the net courtesy Fuji …Read more »
As we noted last week, for a manga that's come to an end, there sure seems to be more new Naruto stuff than ever being announced these days. The latest news, according to ANN, is that a new TV special is set to air December …Read more »
Looks like Aska isn’t the only J-pop artist in trouble for drug use. Kosuke Oba, a composer who has worked with idol groups like AKB48 and on anime like Prince of Tennis and Steins;Gate , was recently arrested for using stimulant drugs. Police were clued …Read more »
With Masashi Kishimoto's long-running Naruto manga coming to an end in the pages of Shonen Jump , One Piece author Eiichiro Oda is helping to send it off with a nice and subtle tribute. The title page of next week's One Piece chapter 766 is …Read more »
If you’re a giant Evangelion fan and planning to visit Japan in the near future, may we humbly suggest sometime next year between January 23 and May 10? That’s when Universal Studios Japan will be running “Evangelion The Real 4D,” a new attraction based on …Read more »
It’s the end of an era: the Shonen Jump featuring the final chapter of Naruto is on newsstands this week. But, to the surprise of pretty much no one, this isn’t really the end for Naruto. After all, we’re in the midst of the “Naruto …Read more »
Apparently Universal Studios Japan, Tokyo Disneyland’s rival down in Osaka, is not content to simply put on a first-of-its-kind, 4D Evangelion event – they’ve also announced "Attack on Titan The Real," an attraction set to feature two life-size Titans. Visitors will be able to see …Read more »
WHAT IF… Captain America Hadn't Vanished During World War II? WHAT IF… The World Knew That Daredevil is Blind? Soon these classic Marvel comics questions that graced the covers of the speculative What If? series will be joined by something along the lines of WHAT …Read more »
A lot of comments we got on our post about Gundam Reconguista in G the other day were some variation on “my favorite Gundam is still definitely Gundam Wing !” The mid-90s Gundam series, which ran for 49 episodes, gained a lot of popularity in …Read more »
At a recent lower house budget committee meeting, opposition lawmaker Tomohiko Kinoshita used the floor to express his reservations about the government’s Cool Japan program, which gives financial support to companies that promote Japanese pop culture, according to Japanese news blog Livedoor. To make his …Read more »
The ending of Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto manga may be right on the horizon, but more of the creator's ninja action is on the way, with The Last: Naruto the Movie slated to premiere in Japan on December 6. The Last features a story and designs …Read more »
In the spirit of the season, Kotobukiya has just released a gorgeous PVC figure of Friday the 13th 's slasher Jason Voorhees -- except scary has been traded for sexy. This Jason-chan (let's call her Jason-chan) has the signature hockey mask up on top of …Read more »
Guys have had a monopoly on otaku underwear for too long now! The Sonico s, the Lucky Star set, even Excalibur for the bold: this is a dude-with-his-anime-wife-printed-on-an-intimate-location-dominated market. Enterprising merchandiser GATE has realized that girls might perhaps wear their anime husbands underneath their clothes …Read more »
Via a tweet from Sega, it appears that the first Valkyria Chronicles game, a strategy-RPG with decidedly anime-style graphics, will be coming to PC. This is particularly unexpected because the game was first released back in 2008, exclusively to the Playstation 3. Games like this …Read more »
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